Parveen S, Dodd E, Cheston R (2023) The ADAPT Study: Adapting the dementia care pathway for south Asian families in the UK. Journal of Dementia Care 31(3)14-15. The ADAPT study got started because there were so few culturally appropriate dementia resources for South Asian families. Sahdia Parveen and colleagues describe the toolkit created by the...
Smith E (2023) Supporting people living at home with dementia in rural settings. In Conversation with Libby Price from The Filo Project. Journal of Dementia Care 31(3) 18-19. The Filo Project provides high quality day care through a network of community “hosts”. Emma Smith interviews co-founder Libby Price to find out what inspired this novel...
Eley R, Redwood P (2023) Housing, home and dementia: what’s the story? Journal of Dementia Care 31(3) 30-32. Strategic planning for people with dementia too often overlooks housing. In the first in a series of three articles, Ruth Eley and Penny Redwood explore the importance of home for people with dementia and their families....
Atkinson T, Russell C, Bruce M, Jacobson-Wright N, Bray J (2023) Developing a distance learning Post Graduate qualification for professionals in dementia care – our journey. Journal of Dementia Care 31(3) 33-35. Knowledge of best practice is essential for care staff who support people living with dementia, but how can it be made accessible to...
Downes C, Roulston A (2023) Evaluating the Caremark Dementia Café piloted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Dementia Care 31(3) 24-26. Dementia Cafés are designed to provide people living with dementia and their informal carers with a place to meet, stay connected and develop meaningful, social relationships. Christopher Downes and Audrey Roulston evaluated a pilot...
Dawson J-A, Madden G, Crystal L (2023 Video Consultations: Do they work in specialist dementia nursing? Journal of Dementia Care 31(3) 27-30. How effective are video consultations as a way to support families living with dementia? Jo-Ann Dawson, Gayle Madden and Lucy Crystal found it to be a valuable tool for specialist nurses, as their...
Oatley R, Atkinson T (2023) What is the ‘extra’ in Extra Care Housing for people living with dementia? Journal of Dementia Care 31(3) 22-23. Extra Care Housing can provide flexible care, support independence and give a sense of security. Rebecca Oatley and Teresa Atkinson investigated the “extra” in Extra Care that allows some people with...
Szczelkun S (2023) Dementia painting. Journal of Dementia Care 31(3) 20-21. Stefan Szczelkun’s mother Joan Colnbrook, who had vascular dementia, loved to paint. He tells the story behind his book, Dementia Painting, and how his mum’s passion enabled her to express herself as memory and language faded. My mother Joan Colnbrook was an artist who...
Hawes S, Gage C (2023) Digital Communities in Residential Care – Learnings and Recommendations from Vibrant Communities. Journal of Dementia Care 31(3) 12-13. By Shula Hawes and Chris Gage After three outstanding years, Vibrant Communities (the project from the team behind Ladder to the Moon) is wrapping up. Our live social groups have enabled care...
Rayner J (2023) Consent matters. Journal of Dementia Care 31(3) 17 Images of residents often appear in care home marketing campaigns, but should they? Julie Rayner discusses how the Mental Capacity Act and GDPR impact on the use of these images for such purposes. People have legal rights to control over their own data, a...